Deadpool

Deadpool is an action hack and slash, third-person shooter video game. Gameplay mostly consists of fighting enemies using both melee weapons and guns, with new combos becoming available to Deadpool as he progresses through the story and obtains upgrade points. The game frequently breaks the fourth wall by having Deadpool verbally interact with the player based on their skill and progress.

By default, Deadpool is armed with both guns and swords, but he also has access to giant hammers, plasma guns, and a range of other weapons. A short range of teleportation moves are possible as well. As he slowly falls apart while sustaining damage, players must avoid further damage in order to recover. The game also features several stealth segments, where Deadpool is able to eliminate enemies silently with either his melee weapons or guns, though gun "stealth" kills will immediately alert all nearby enemies.

Deadpool sits in his vulgar apartment when he gets a voice message from Peter Della Penna of High Moon Studios, telling Wade that his pitch for "the most awesome game ever" starring himself is rejected. In response, Deadpool sets off explosives at the studio, forcing them to cooperate; even hiring Nolan North to be his voice actor. When the game's script is delivered to him, Deadpool finds it boring and draws all over it with a red crayon.

Following the first few lines of the script, Deadpool sets out to assassinate corrupt media mogul Chance White. He slaughters all of White's mercenaries before tackling White himself out of his penthouse window and into the sewers (blowing the game's budget in the process by then repeating the events with added special effects for kicks). Arclight and Vertigo of the Marauders appear and rescue White to bring him to their leader, Mister Sinister, forcing Deadpool to give chase. Along the way, the game suddenly becomes 8-bit (the result of Deadpool blowing the game's budget) and is forced to call High Moon to coerce them into fixing it.

Deadpool was first announced at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con. Only a teaser trailer was shown, without platforms to be shown. Shortly after the announcement, an article was unveiled on Marvel's official website confirming the development of the game; the article was written from Deadpool's point of view, saying he hired High Moon Studios to make him a game. Prior to the game's release, the lead designer of the game revealed the basics of the plot in an interview with IGN, saying Deadpool has taken over the studio and is in charge of the game's development. The game was created using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 technology, which also powers High Moon's Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.

During High Moon's panel at Comic-Con, a censored version of the trailer was shown twice after an actor dressing up as Deadpool appeared on stage with the developers. Another marketing campaign started with billboards taking the appearance of graffiti covering advertisements for The Amazing Spider-Man, presumably made by Deadpool to crudely advertise his video game. GameSpot later released an advertisement of the game, with Deadpool giving a holiday greeting while telling people to pre-order the game, stating that it would be released in 2013.

High Moon Studios showed an early demo of the video game to journalists at Gamescom 2012, where the game earned a nomination for Best of Show. Several sites wrote positive impressions of the demo that was shown at Gamescom and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), including Joystiq and GameSpot.

Deadpool received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Critics praised the humor, the original story, and faithfulness to the comics, but criticized the controls, combat, and repetitive gameplay.